[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 27 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E271-E272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 2, 2010 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                      MEETINGS SCHEDULEDI40MARCH 3

     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Army budget overview for 
           fiscal year 2011.
                                                            SD-192
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine chemical security, focusing 
           on assessing progress and charting a path forward.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Environmental Protection 
           Agency.
                                                            SD-124
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine mental health 
           care and suicide prevention for veterans.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider any pending nominations; to 
           be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
           President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
           2011 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine transportation investments 
           relative to the national economy and jobs.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the 2010 trade agenda.
                                                            SD-215
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the National 
           Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Fisheries 
           Enforcement Programs and Operations.
                                                            SR-253
     2:15 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine encouraging innovative and 
           cost-effective crime reduction strategies.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine oversight challenges in the 
           Medicare prescription drug program.
                                                            SD-342
     3:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the protective forces at the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Air Force 
           in review of the Defense Authorization and the Future 
           Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
           session in SVC-217 following the open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-124
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine legislative presentations 
           from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish War 
           Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Ex-
           Prisoners of War, Blinded Veterans Association, 
           Military Officers Association of America, Air Force 
           Sergeants Association, and the Wounded Warrior Project.
                                              345, Cannon Building
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine funding and oversight of the 
           Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-138
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's 
           implementation of programs authorized and funded under 
           the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-192
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine S. 2995, to amend the 
           Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple 
           air pollutant regulatory program for the electric 
           generating sector.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Middle East peace, focusing 
           on ground truths, challenges ahead.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine childhood obesity, focusing 
           on reversing the epidemic.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1132, to amend title 18, 
           United States Code, to improve the provisions relating 
           to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement 
           officers, S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal 
           cocaine sentencing, S. 2772, to establish a criminal 
           justice reinvestment grant program to help States and 
           local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, 
           control growth in the prison and jail populations, and 
           increase public safety, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of 
           the United States Code, to provide protection for 
           medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy 
           protections for individuals experiencing economic 
           distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled 
           family members, and to exempt from means testing 
           debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious 
           medical problems, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime 
           Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless, 
           S. 148, to restore the rule that agreements between 
           manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or 
           wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the 
           manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold 
           violates the Sherman Act, and the nominations of Dawn 
           Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Gloria M. 
           Navarro, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Nevada, Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of Missouri, Lucy Haeran Koh, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
           Jon E. DeGuilio, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Northern District of Indiana, and Jane E. Magnus-
           Stinson and Tanya Walton Pratt, both to be United 
           States District Judge for the Southern District of 
           Indiana.
                                                            SD-226
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to consider S. 2989, to improve the 
           Small Business Act.
                                                            SR-485

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     1 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine disaster preparedness in the 
           private sector.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Defense.
                                                            SD-608
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Transportation.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Office of the Secretary of the 
           Senate, the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and 
           the Office of the U.S. Capitol Police.
                                                            SD-138
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the employment situation for 
           February 2010.
                                                            SD-106

                                MARCH 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. European Command, U.S. 
           Africa Command, and U.S. Joint Forces Command in review 
           of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
           2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the 
           possibility of a closed session in SR-222 following the 
           open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine a legislative presentation 
           from Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                                            SD-G50

                                MARCH 10
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the lessons and implications 
           of the Christmas day attack, focusing on watchlisting 
           and pre-screening.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, 
           Democracy and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of U.S. public 
           diplomacy.
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2895, to restore forest 
           landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage 
           national forests in the eastside forests of the State 
           of Oregon, S. 2907, to establish a coordinated 
           avalanche protection program, S. 2966 and H.R. 4474, 
           bills to authorize the continued use of certain water 
           diversions located on National Forest System land in 
           the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
           Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and 
           S. 2791 and H.R. 3759, bills to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior to grant market-related contract 
           extensions of certain timber contracts between the 
           Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Northern Command and 
           U.S. Southern Command in review of the Defense 
           Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the 
           Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a 
           closed session in SR-222 following the open session.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1696, to require the 
           Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of video game 
           console energy efficiency, and S. 2908, to amend the 
           Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the 
           Secretary of Energy to publish a final rule that 
           establishes a uniform efficiency descriptor and 
           accompanying test methods for covered water heaters.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Special Operations 
           Command and U.S. Central Command in review of the 
           Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and 
           the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility 
           of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open 
           session.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of 
           Reclamation's implementation of the SECURE Water Act, 
           (Title 9501 of Public Law 111-11) and the Bureau of 
           Reclamation's Water Conservation Initiative which 
           includes the Challenge Grant Program, the Basin Study 
           Program and the Title XVI Program.
                                                            SD-366
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing foster care and 
           family services in the District of Columbia, focusing 
           on challenges and solutions.
                                                            SD-342

                                MARCH 17
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 553, to revise the 
           authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
           Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing 
           hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in 
           Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, 
           S. 1017, to reauthorize the Cane River National 
           Heritage Area Commission and expand the boundaries of 
           the Cane River National Heritage Area in the State of 
           Louisiana, S. 1018, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern 
           State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to 
           construct a curatorial center for the use of Cane River 
           Creole National Historical Park, the National Center 
           for Preservation Technology and Training, and the 
           University, S. 1537, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
           Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug 
           Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a 
           National Historic Site and as a unit of the National 
           Park System, S. 1629, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of the 
           archeological site and surrounding land of the New 
           Philadelphia town site in the state of Illinois, S. 
           2892, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
           Heritage Area, S. 2933, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
           determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           designating the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, 
           Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 2951, 
           to authorize funding to protect and conserve lands 
           contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway to serve the 
           public, and H.R. 3804, to make technical corrections to 
           various Acts affecting the National Park Service, to 
           extend, amend, or establish certain National Park 
           Service authorities.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine legislative presentations 
           from AMVETS, National Association of State Directors of 
           Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers 
           Association, Gold Star Wives, The Retired Enlisted 
           Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Vietnam 
           Veterans of America, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans 
           of America.
                                                            SD-G50

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. 
           Strategic Command, and U.S. Forces Korea in review of 
           the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 
           and the Future Years Defense Program; with the 
           possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following 
           the open session.
                                                            SH-216

                                MARCH 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs 
           plan for ending homelessness among veterans.
                                                            SR-418

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 3
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on policies, procedures, and 
           practices relating to the transfer of detainees held at 
           the Guantanamo Detention Facility.
                                                           SVC-217